MoltenMagma:
Call them _aboki, call them animals, call them worreva but we need them. It shows that every section of the country is important and should not be underrated. Truth

stinggy:
Now we are beginning to think smart. The Kano-Lagos rail has never been shut down for the whole 58 years so I wonder why no one thought of this safer and more effective means of moving produces.





GEJ did well on railways but that particular route has always been active (passenger and cargo coaches) since my childhood so if you would give praises, start from the regime that built the tracks.

hardbody:


Initiated by GEJ

omenkaLives:
Commendable. We hope to see more of this in the days ahead.

God bless Nigeria.

Reno O'mockery, who do we "blame" for this?

miky10:
well that's a good move n commendable, GEJ would av made this country proud if not for distractors.

jieta:
and some peoople will say we are no progressing

signz:
I heard that DFID is also involved in this. This is just the trial/pilot scheme phase.

I had a gist with a London based guy in Enugu last dec who claims that he brings in tomatoes into Enugu from north with a " cold van" and the tomatoes are well packed in crates.

I doubted ( still do ) because I wonder where he sells them because it'll damn too expensive.

For those who don't know, the coach is a temperature controlled customised coach (cold room). A company started leasing crates for vegetables sometime November last year and i think a private company is in charge of coaches that don't carry passengers.

hotspec:
So moving tomatoes with train for 38hrs from Kano to Lag is Progress? When d same quantity can be moved by by Trailers in less than 14hrs. Moving Cargos from Apapa or PH or Warri to Inland Ports in such hours would have been a PROGRESS as it will drastically decongest those already over-stretched ports, and many jobs will also be created.

sarrki:
For destroying the economy or what ,

eazydon:
At my backyard in Aba. our own train over here is very real. 2 times in a day it vibrates the ground.


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mfm04622:


The reactivation if rail line from Lagos to Kano was awarded by OBJ!

stinggy:
Now we are beginning to think smart. The Kano-Lagos rail has never been shut down for the whole 58 years so I wonder why no one thought of this safer and more effective means of moving produces.

GEJ did well on railways but that particular route has always been active (passenger and cargo coaches) since my childhood so if you would give praises, start from the regime that built the tracks.

Can Nigeria's renovated railway unite north and south?
13 February 2013


The railway linking the economic powerhouse of Lagos and the conflict-hit north of Nigeria has reopened after more than 10 years. The BBC's Will Ross made the 31-hour train journey and asks whether the train line can help unite this divided country.

Nigeria's railways are making a comeback after virtually grinding to a halt.

The first sign of progress is the reopening of the long defunct rail link between Lagos in the south and Kano in the north.
"This is my first experience on a train since I was at school in the early 1990s. I heard about it through BBC Hausa service so I'm giving it a try," says a Lagos-based businessman, as the train rumbles along at a steady 45km/h (28mph).

"Credit to the government, although we need a better service," he says.

Lagos to Kano rail map





Another passenger shrugs at the 1,100km (685 mile) journey to see his relatives in Kano. He will have just more than a day with his family before having to catch the weekly return service.

"This is a development. I once spent five days travelling by train from Lagos to Kano. The engine would be removed from the train and it be taken for a service whilst we would stay on board," he says.

The state-owned Nigeria Railway Corporation says the rehabilitation of 1,126km of track has cost 24bn naira (£98m; $153m).

With a one-way ticket starting from 1,930 Naira (£7.50; $12), it is far cheaper and, some say, safer than travelling by road.
"Last year an armed robber attacked us on the road. There was shooting but thank God we escaped. I feel safe on the train," says passenger Bukola Ogunbanjo.

En route, we pass abandoned relics of the once thriving railways - rusty, dilapidated carriages and goods wagons as well as crumbling stations.




The scene at Minna Station in Niger State



More from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-21364541

sarrki:
Enemies of state can you see?

sarrki:
Enemies of state can you see?

hotspec:
So moving tomatoes with train for 38hrs from Kano to Lag is Progress?
When d same quantity can be moved by by Trailers in less than 14hrs.
Moving Cargos from Apapa or PH or Warri to Inland Ports in such hours would have been a PROGRESS as it will drastically decongest those already over-stretched ports, and many jobs will also be created.

forward or onward movement toward a destination.


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MoltenMagma:
Call them _aboki, call them animals, call them worreva but we need them. It shows that every section of the country is important and should not be underrated. Truth

naija1stpikin:
God bless GEJ

Nukualofa:
What is this one saying? I use Electronics at home so do i need the Japanese to be part of Nigeria before i use it

sarrki:
Enemies of state can you see?

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has stated that he never knew that the railways means of transportation still existed in Nigeria.

Amaechi made this remark on Tuesday when he and other officials of the ministry toured facilities of the Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC, in Lagos.

He disclosed the intention of the Federal Government to concentrate on building standard gauge railway lines that would be beneficial to the country’s status as a developing economy.

His words: “In fact, I think we have a problem; most people don’t believe that the railway transport is functioning in Nigeria. I didn’t even know, until I started this tour, I never knew that the railway was functioning, it was even from his (MD’s) speech that I learnt that there are some coaches or services that go to Kano or Port Harcourt or elsewhere.

“The federal government will concentrate on standard gauge of the railways, because it is critical that Nigeria becomes one of the countries founded on standard gauge. The only time I had seen railways (trains) or the coaches was one or two days in Lagos, and I thought it started from the beginning of Lagos to the end of Lagos.

“So we need to make people become more aware that the narrow gauge is working, and that people can still use it to travel around that country. There was a joke somebody told me that it takes three days to reach Kano from Lagos on the narrow gauge, and when I asked the managing director of NRC, he said no, it takes one and half days; I said: ‘what’s the difference between three days and one and a half days?’ So that is why the government has to re-emphasize on the need for the construction of the standard gauge to help boost the economy,” the minister stated.

http://dailypost.ng/2015/12/16/i-never-knew-railway-transport-still-existed-in-nigeria-amaechi/

dangwarmai:
Try not to remain a problem to our dear nation. this is what Yaradua started even before Jonathan and is now completed by Buhari. May God bless all of them.

dangwarmai:
Try not to remain a problem to our dear nation. this is what Yaradua started even before Jonathan and is now completed by Buhari. May God bless all of them.